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[PATCH] builtin-remote: make reuse of code easier by not die()ing

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Jun 9, 2008, 20:11 UTC
Message-ID
<alpine.DEB.1.00.0806092110020.1783@racer>
In-Reply-To
<484D7860.6050301@free.fr>

By mistake, this programmer used a die() call when an error() was much more appropriate. Code reuse was not possible, hence this fix.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
---
	On Mon, 9 Jun 2008, Olivier Marin wrote:
	> Johannes Schindelin a écrit :
	> > 
	> > But did you not now make it harder to fix "that"?  By relying 
	> > on the die() behaviour in your regression fix?
	> 
	> If I change return path for some functions, I will have to check 
	> all the callers anyway. So, no I don't think it make things harder to 
	> fix. Also I don't like to add dead code.
	> 
	> Please, let me do this fix so that I can post my next patches. 
	> After that I will be happy to work on what you asked.
	Wow, that patch was hard ;-)
	BTW this thread shows -- again -- how hard it is to push toward 
	libification.  People seem to actively block it.
 builtin-remote.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin-remote.c b/builtin-remote.c
index 2641e20..9939c96 100644
--- a/builtin-remote.c
+++ b/builtin-remote.c
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ static int get_ref_states(const struct ref *ref, struct ref_states *states)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < states->remote->fetch_refspec_nr; i++)
 		if (get_fetch_map(ref, states->remote->fetch + i, &tail, 1))
-			die("Could not get fetch map for refspec %s",
+			return error("Could not get fetch map for refspec %s",
 				states->remote->fetch_refspec[i]);
 
 	states->new.strdup_paths = states->tracked.strdup_paths = 1;
-- 
1.5.6.rc1.181.gb439d
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Message 20 of 36 in “remote show/prune: strange -n(--dry-run) option.”
  1. Olivier MarinJun 8, 2008
  2. Documentation/git-remote.txt: remove description for useless -n optionOlivier Marin, Jun 8, 2008
  3. Documentation/git-remote.txt: remove description for useless -n optiondkr+ml.git@free.fr, Jun 8, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoJun 8, 2008
  5. Olivier MarinJun 9, 2008
  6. remote show: fix the -n optionOlivier Marin, Jun 9, 2008
  7. Johannes SchindelinJun 9, 2008
  8. Olivier MarinJun 9, 2008
  9. Johannes SchindelinJun 9, 2008
  10. Olivier MarinJun 9, 2008
  11. Johannes SchindelinJun 9, 2008
  12. Olivier MarinJun 9, 2008
  13. Olivier MarinJun 9, 2008
  14. Johannes SchindelinJun 9, 2008
  15. remote show: fix the -n optionOlivier Marin, Jun 9, 2008
  16. Johannes SchindelinJun 9, 2008
  17. Olivier MarinJun 9, 2008
  18. Johannes SchindelinJun 9, 2008
  19. Olivier MarinJun 9, 2008
  20. builtin-remote: make reuse of code easier by not die()ingJohannes Schindelin, Jun 9, 2008
  21. Olivier MarinJun 9, 2008
  22. Junio C HamanoJun 10, 2008
  23. Shawn O. PearceJun 10, 2008
  24. Johannes SchindelinJun 10, 2008
  25. 0/4 remote show/prune improvementOlivier Marin, Jun 10, 2008
  26. 1/4 remote show: fix the -n optionOlivier Marin, Jun 10, 2008
  27. 2/4 builtin-remote: split show_or_prune() in two separate functionsOlivier Marin, Jun 10, 2008
  28. 3/4 remote prune: print the list of pruned branchesOlivier Marin, Jun 10, 2008
  29. Junio C HamanoJun 12, 2008
  30. Olivier MarinJun 12, 2008
  31. 4/4 remote show: list tracked remote branches with -nOlivier Marin, Jun 10, 2008
  32. Junio C HamanoJun 10, 2008
  33. Olivier MarinJun 10, 2008
  34. Jakub NarebskiJun 10, 2008
  35. Olivier MarinJun 10, 2008
  36. Jakub NarebskiJun 10, 2008

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